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title: "Deploying Containers on GCP"
slug: "deploying-containers-on-gcp-1"
updated: 2024-12-09T21:27:51Z
published: 2024-12-09T21:27:51Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/deploying-containers-on-gcp-1"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deploying Containers on GCP

Two or more containers cannot be started at the same time.For containers running on a new database, start only one first so it may set up the database, After that, start other containers one at a time.  

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## Overview

This article will cover the steps needed to deploy a Decisions container onto **Google Cloud Platform (GCP)**

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## Deploying a container on GCP

1. Login to the GCP portal.
2. Search for **compute engine** in the Google Cloud console. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1647284141543.png)
3. Once the Compute Engine page is brought up, select **Create Instance![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1647284221778.png)**
4. In the container section, select **Deploy Container**.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1647284271832.png)
5. Specify the [container image](https://hub.docker.com/r/decisionscore/platform/tags). It is recommended that **decisionscore/platform:latest** is used, as this will pull the most recently updated version of the container.
6. Under the Environment Variables section, define [both the required and any optional variables](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/environment-variables-1) for the container.
7. Add a volume by selecting the volume type. The mount paths should be the following:  
  
/filestorage or as defined in the **DECISIONS_FILESTORAGELOCALTION** environment variable  
/Logs - used for logging the container.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1647284592454.png )
8. Once finished, click **Create** to create the container.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1647284659504.png )

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